Alcon Entertainment has acquired the film rights to Darkmouth, the newly released children’s fantasy novel by Irish author Shane Hegarty, for a "very high" six-figure dollar sum. The book, published today (29th January) by HarperCollins Children’s Books, is the first in a monster-hunting adventure series for children aged 8-12. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has signed two novels by middle-grade author Nicola Skinner. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Lauren Child is bringing back Clarice Bean in a “spectacularly cinematic Christmas classic” for HarperCollins Children's Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 02:21:05 UTC ]
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Adele Parks has struck a film deal with the producers of a series of hit Netflix franchises. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-16 14:37:11 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has signed Noa and the Little Elephant: A Tale of Friendship and Survival, a “poignant” picture book from author and illustrator Michael Foreman, in partnership with the wildlife conservation charity, Tusk. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 16:02:51 UTC ]
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Netflix has acquired film rights to all 15 titles in Andy McDermott's Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 14:06:57 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books has triumphed in a multi-publisher auction for 'beautiful' middle grade novel The Last Bear by debut children’s author Hannah Gold. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 18:38:42 UTC ]
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David Walliams has announced his “monstrously funny” next picture book for HarperCollins Children's Books, Little Monsters, with new illustrator Adam Stower. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 05:46:06 UTC ]
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Annabel Steadman’s fantasy series Skandar and the Unicorn Thief has won a seven-figure book contract, with film rights also sold to Sony PicturesA 28-year-old first-time author from Canterbury has landed what is believed to be the world’s largest ever book advance for a debut children’s writer,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-09-16 13:34:54 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has revealed details of Future Friend, the “out of this world” new book from David Baddiel, with illustrations by Steven Lenton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 16:15:53 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books is releasing How to Be More Paddington: A Book of Kindness, a gift book featuring inspirational quotes from Michael Bond's beloved bear alongside Peggy Fortnum’s original illustrations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-13 19:21:03 UTC ]
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Sony Pictures has bought the film rights to Kevin Kwan's new novel Sex and Vanity (Hutchinson). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-12 16:38:32 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books will publish Sophie Cleverly's second middle-grade series, The Violet Veil Mysteries, illustrated by Hannah Peck. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 15:45:28 UTC ]
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Film4 has acquired TV and film rights to Lynda Clark's sci-fi novel, Beyond Kidding, published by Fairlight Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 14:42:54 UTC ]
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David Walliams and Tony Ross are releasing another collection of stories, The World's Worst Parents, with HarperCollins Children's Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 23:12:15 UTC ]
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TV and film rights in Manda Scott's historical thriller A Treachery of Spies have sold to London-based production outfits Beaglepug Films and Enriched Media Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 05:02:51 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books is bringing back Michael Bond’s classic The Adventures of Parsley the Lion in a new gift edition illustrated by Rob Biddulph. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-07 05:17:26 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Publishing has promoted Sarah Knight to UK adult sales director and recruited Sally Wilks from HarperCollins Children's Books to be its UK children’s sales director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-28 15:45:01 UTC ]
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Film rights to Richard Osman’s debut novel, The Thursday Murder Club (Viking), have been snapped up by Amblin Partners in a 14-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 16:08:49 UTC ]
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TV and film rights for Maggie O’Farrell’s Women’s Prize for Fiction-longlisted Hamnet (Tinder Press) have been optioned by Hera Pictures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 16:28:24 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has landed two young fiction titles from Philippa Gregory, build on the fairytale world of The Princess Rules. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 09:19:23 UTC ]
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